Cameron Bottelberghe
#CamCan

On March 23, I went in to see Dr Jon Shults, regarding the pain I was experiencing in my right arm. I am a volleyball player and am used to injuries and thought it was a pulled muscle. Long story short, our dear friend had to tell us he was seeing osteosarcoma (bone cancer) in my right humerus.

We were then referred to a specialist friend of his, Dr Mark Meyers, an orthopedic oncologist at Ochsner's NOLA. We saw him Monday, March 28. By this time we had had X-rays, CT Scans, and. MRI. On Tuesday they did a biopsy and he could tell it was a textbook case of osteosarcoma. At that time they went ahead and had a chemo port placed for easy access for chemo, meds, fluids, and blood draws to decrease further pain.

Please add us to you prayer lists at home, church, family and friends.

April 4 I started an aggressive chemo treatment plan that will last for a total of 9 months. After the first 3 months of chemo, we pray the tumor has shrunk enough to remove the humerus bone and replace with a donor bone graft. Then resume the last 6 months of chemo.